Solar detoxification of distillery waste

100 l/day solar detoxification plant

















Distillery waste which is black in color, very abnoxious smell wise and has high chemical oxygen demand(COD) has been cleaned using cemicals and solar energy.

A pilot plant was set up and ran for 2 years at NARI campus. It could clean 200 liters of diluted distillery waste in two days. The chemical used could be recycled and the waste water had 90% transmittance and hence was fit for discharge in waterways.

Initial and preliminary experiments with the pulp paper effluent yielded excellent results.

Details of the pilot study